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Ntra STATES 1 .JOHN BACHELDER, or NAPA, cALironinA.v

VAenieLJfLIl-U RAL MAC en NE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 278,675, dated June 5, 3.883.

'Y l Application filed February 21,1883.y (No model.) I 1 To w'ZZ'wwm/it'may concern: Be it known that I, JOHN BACHELDER, a c itizenof theUnited States, residing at Napa, i in the county of Napa and State of California,

.. have .invented new and useful. Improvements in Agricultural Machines; and I do hereby declare that the followinglis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference ,being had to the annexed drawings,- making' a part io of this specification, and to the letters and iignres of rference marked thereon.

lFigure 1 f, the drawings is atop plan View of anagricultural carriage constructedl in ac@ cordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof,- showinga plow attached; Fig. 3 a lplan view, in detail, ofone of the brackets'for connecting thereto the plow or other `agricultural tool; Fig. 4,"a side elevation' thereof, with a portion of the side broken zo away to "show the manner of attaching a cultivator-foot to the horizontal web-plate; and Fig. 5,- a side view ofa bracket with plow ccnnectedthereto.' t

The object ofthe present invention is to provide a carriage for agricultural .purposes to r which any tool-such as a' plow, cultivator, weeder or horse-hoe, corn-planterl or grain, drill, and the Vlike-may readily and conveniently be attached, 'thus pfroviding'a machine that will answer the purposes 'of the various` agriculturalmachinesnowin ordinaryuse. llo obtain these objects I lconstruct a carriage with means for readily1 attaching the agricultural tool to an Vadjustable frame, also providing it with means for controlling thecarrige tools or implements, and their positionchanged to cover any partor'all'of the surface of ground passed oyer.

The invention consists inthe details ofcoustruction substantially as shown in' the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

in' the accompanying drawings, A represents a metal frame of any desirable size and shape,` and having connected thereto the axle a.; Upon the ends of the axle a are mounted jcrank-armsfb, whichhavej loosely connected thereto driving-wheels B, pf the ordinary construction, one or both of said. crank-arms be ing. east with or having suitably attached a 5o ratchetwheehr. Apawl, d; engageswith the veither case, if found teeth of the ratchet-wheel c, said pawl extending from a handdever, C, pivoted to the frame A, or, if desired to the lower end of a second lever, l), which has a suitable spring, c, con' nect'ed thereto to' press upon the leverf() to 5-5 keep xhe pawl engaged with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel. The lever D is loosely mounted upon the axle afby having formed at its lowerextremity an eye or collar, j', through which the axle passes. A grip ofthe hand 6o around the levers C lD will bring them together, and by so doing release the pawl. d, and Jby moving the -levers in either 'direction the wheelsB are raised. or lowered, as the case may be, changing the position of the crank-`- arms b. Similar ratchetwheel, pawl, and lef; vers may beA connected Yto the opposite end ol' the axle, should. it be required.l

. The raising or lowering of the frame of the carriage may be accomplished by the employment of side bars pivoteda't their forward ends to the frame -of the carriage, and at their rear ends supporting the axle upon which the wheels vare Iloosely mounted, drums being connected to the axle,.oyer which pass suitable chains, the 75 drums hay-'ing ratchetlwheels similar to the crank-arms; also pawl's and levers, by which the rear'ends ofthe side bars are raised or lowered, carrying .withthem the wheels, andthu's adjusting the height of thecarriage-traine; ln So rable, an additionalA to: engage with the pawl, g,`niay beenipley teeth of the ratchet-whe V upon'the rear side thereof, said' pa\ vl heiligheid rn engagement with the teeth lby a suitableispring,1, and is 8 5 connected to a'tappet, fi, :by-tlejfrod's, the' pawl being released by pressureoftheroot against the'tappet as the driver isinj msiiion upon the seat The carriage as herein described "inavflw, 9o

constructed in any suitable manner as wil mit of the varying adjustments of the height of the frame from the grouinl, the means de.

scribed being, however, considered the nmst simple and practical'.

The shaft or tongue F may be connected. to

the frame A inI any desirable manner, either by hook bolts or clamps, as shown in Fig. 1.

The carriageframe'A is strengthened by longitudinal nietal. -braees 'Z and transverse '100,

lengt-h to extend'beyond the-sides of the frame A, the rods being held in place 'by collars a and set-screws j), or by any other convenient means .f These rods G are notonly adjustable Within the frame A, but'also removable there- .tl-om, by detaching the collars nfsaid rods being used as a support for one or more ofthe metal brackets H, to which the agricultural tool` or implement is secured. -The brackets H- are each east VYith horizontal 'sleeves r,

through which Athe rods G- pass, and areheld at any desirable position upon the rods by the set-screws s, passing through the sleeves. .The sides of the brackets H are east with ilanges t, between which the stem 'u of a plow, I, or other tool or implement used in iarming, is held and .securely fastened to the bracket by bolt and nut, as shown in Fig. 2, said'bolt passing through. one of a series ot' holes in thesteni u and a em'i'esponding hole through the side ot' the bracket. t

ln some cases the tlanges t may be dispensed with 1 or only formed upon. one side ot`. the brackets; and, it' preferred, the hole in its side maybe made elongated, as shown in Fig. 5, to

. admit the stem ofthe ploiv to be set at an angle from a perpendicular, so that when the stem is l thrown iorward at its upper end the pl cw -poi nt will be extended downward, this being found desirable when the point ofthe plow becomes dull. ln order to make provision for, this'adjustment of the plow-stem, in addition to the elongated hole or slot c, the upper ones ofv the flanges are placed farther apart.

The sides 'ot' the bracket H are connected or ljoined together by a horizontal Web,fw, to the.

-as found necessary.

The tools can be set to work any depth de-y f of two 1witnesses.

shown in Fig. Clamping-plates y are also By the employment of the brackets'H thev stems of all tools. or agricultural implements*f may be readily connected thereto 'and adjusted thereon as circumstances require, While an v v number oithebrackets may be used and placed 55 at any point along the guide-rods G, either at the outer sides of the frame A or within the frame,

sired in the soil by either adjusting the height ofthe tool'with relation to the bracket lor regulating the height of the carriage-frame.

Having now fully described my invention,

what Iclaim as new, and-desire to secure by Letters Patent,y isl. A bracket adaptedl to be attachedto the frame 'of 'an agricultural machine, said bracket having sleeves, and' its sides connected bya web 'and flanges upon the sides,substantially v as and for the pur -ose specified.

2. In an'agricult rral machine, a frame -having removably connected thereto aser-ies ol' transverse guide-rods', in combination Withone or more brackets provided with means for attaching thereto the stem of v'the implement, either between orI to the sides of. the bracket,

the purpose specified.

75 the guide-rods passing through sleeves at cach end ot' the brackets, substantially as and for 3. ln au agricultlnal machine, an adjustable frame having removable transverse guide-rods connected thereto, in combination with one-or more brackets for holding the stem of the tool or implement, said brackets having` sleeves through which the rods passfand Webs and ilanges, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony that l claim the above I-.have

hereunto subscribed my name in the present-.e

.Vitnesses:

A. J. HULL, PruI.tP,.PLARs.

JOHN nnenntnnn. 

